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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1936
Page
1
In Michigan City Indiana the mother Mrs Wesley Glick refused permission for a life saving operation to separate a surviving Siamese twin from a dead sister. The surviving infant fed whiskey and water and remained in precarious condition as doctors warned death likely.
Five year old Gordon Jensen was found alive and unharmed in lion infested Mount Graham terrain about four to five miles from the Sunday picnic site. He walked barefoot through heavy brush for two days and nights, exhausted but not in serious condition. Eight hundred locals and Arizona national guardsmen led by Gov Moeur searched the area after he wandered from a family picnic on the mountain.
Colorado will send an official delegation to the Colorado to Gulf Highway completion celebration in Denver next Tuesday. Carl Hinton of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce inviting motorists and Colorado officials to attend. Governor Ed Johnson will send officials to the July 14 meeting with a personal representative. Rocky Mountain Motorists Association broadcasts details on KOA.
J. E. Snider, 73, an Oklahoma horse doctor, began an eight month term in county jail in Los Angeles after pleading guilty to extortion. He demanded $1,000 from Mrs. Betty Blake Rogers widow of Will Rogers for a manuscript alleging cattle rustling. The letter threatened publication if money was not paid and was turned over to Beverly Hills police with federal agents.
Washington reports threaten prosecution of J P Morgan and Company as John L Lewis pushes 500000 steel workers into the Amalgamated Association amid alleged civil war rhetoric. AAA modifies soil conservation to save forage in midwestern drought zones while Roosevelt calls White House talks. wheat prices leap then drop sharply in Chicago markets amid drought concerns.
Rebels in Guadalajara were reported to have abducted Senorita Maria de la Luz Pinto, a schoolteacher, as she left Atotonilico for the summer school. A companion who escaped said the outlaws beat her before taking her away.
Archaeologists unearthed a well preserved Egyptian princess in a pyramid tomb. Her gold jewelry lay nearby as the Nile mud preserved the body. Her father Chephran and brother Cheops are named with the era dating roughly 5,000 years ago.
Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen United States minister to Denmark is to marry Captain Boerge Rohde son of a bodyguard leader, announced in Copenhagen. Rohde arrives in New York soon. Owen previously landed from the Pilsudski and has been married twice, being 50.
New wheat from the South Plains arrived at local elevators this morning with forty cars received before noon. The Monday and Saturday total reached 97 cars as the central Panhandle harvest begins. Damp weather may briefly slow combines while shipments from Amarillo area continue and heavy loads are expected next week.
A Washington report says an inner New Deal bloc backs returning to the dole over continued federal work programs. It cites rising relief costs from 1933 to 1937 and argues jobs programs build wealth and morale, while direct relief is wasteful. The final decision rests with President Roosevelt.
Danzig announced its severance of relations with the League of Nations, the nominal guardian of the Free City after its separation from Germany at the end of World War I. The action was disclosed in Danzig on July 7 according to the report.
William Henry Carroll 68 of Personville was shot and killed yesterday on the roadside near his home. Deputy sheriffs Jack Bradley and Sam Walters arrested a 57 year old neighbor and held him pending inquest by Justice Cliff Sime. The deputies said the dispute began over a cow and Carroll was killed with a 410 gauge shotgun.
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas mostly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers in the southern portion tonight and Wednesday. New Mexico fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Temperature extremes in Amarillo 63 and 69 degrees by 1 PM today.
A-Sally Rand the bubble dancer who will headline the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial spoke to the Austin Rotary Club. She discussed bubbles and spoke with former governors Dan Moody and Miriam A. Ferguson and had a long distance chat with Governor James V. Allred during her visit.
President Roosevelt expected to grant Postmaster General James A. Farley a paid leave of absence to lead the Democratic national committee campaign. A White House session yesterday shaped plans for Farley to step away from the cabinet without pay while Roosevelts 1936 bid intensifies. The president also outlined a Sept swing through the nation and a trip starting with Triborough Bridge dedication in New York City before travel to Hyde Park and northern Maine aboard the Sewanna.
Moisture laden clouds moved over the Panhandle Plains Monday night delivering up to 4.5 inches at several South Plains stations. Harvesting may be delayed for days as South Plains crops show excellent prospects for wetter conditions, with Plainview and Lubbock logging notable rainfall.
Spokane? Washington July 7. Mrs Rosalie Jones Dill fights former U S Senator C C Dill in a divorce case now on its ninth day. She defies a marital quarrel as man stomps and woman cries stating such events never occurred in the Dill home. She holds five college degrees and is a lawyer facing Thomas A E Lally, her husband’s attorney, in cross examination amid charges of filthy housekeeping and embarrassing actions.
Captain Arthur Ball says 65 men of the Regimental Headquarters Company 142nd Infantry will receive federal checks totaling 1100 dollars tomorrow. All units will be paid in the coming weeks ahead of the Palacios camp encampment set for July 31.
In Amarillo Country Club first round play, top seed Bob Skaggs of Clovis defeated Sled Allen of Lubbock 7 and 6 to reach the second round. Other winners included B F Holmes, Joe Storey, N D Bartlett, Joe Langhorne, Red Gober, with Amarillo Mayor Ross Rogers trailing early as rain delayed matches before second round play.
In Boston on July 7 the National League All Stars led the American League 4 to 3 after seven innings. Lou Gehrig opened a seventh inning rally with a homer, sparking the Nationals to all four runs. Dizzy Dean held the A L hitless for three innings before Gehrig’s blast.
Dallas taxicabs resumed service with 100 of 300 idle cabs operating under armed guard after an eight day strike by 400 drivers seeking an open shop. Tensions rose as crowding cries of rat and scab met returning drivers while police kept crowds back.
A World War II veteran named William F. Winters, from Toledo Ohio, was struck and killed by an automobile on a Trinity River viaduct in Dallas. The incident occurred as a man sought shelter near a John Maynard Lumber Co area, with screen doors noted in the vicinity.
Federal court heard witnesses in the Landis land dispute as Gib Landis seeks about 7 282 dollars in damages for alleged helium plant drainage. James Bush testified on nearby land sales and water levels while Dr. C W Seibel described the plant’s chemical processes and the handling of caustic sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate in relation to Adobe Creek.
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